Fluoxetine-an antidepressant drug

Fluoxetine is an antidepressant drug which represents an action mechanism associated to the synaptic transmission. Name that mechanism?

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Fluoxetine is a substance which inhibits the re-uptake of serotonin, a neurotransmitter which acts mostly in the central nervous system. By inhibiting the re-uptake of neurotransmitter the drug raises its availability in the synaptic cleft therefore enhancing the neuronal transmission.

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